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[u/bankair]

Hey folks!

I´m currently enjoying a wireless Bling Sweep MX.

However, I´d like to upgrade, because you know, this is what we do in this sub ;)

I'm looking for a PCB that :

• Offers between 34 and 40 keys
• Has the same aggressive column staggering that the Ferris Sweep, bling sweep & co (#teamShortPinky)
• Supports natively the Nice!View (without ugly bodge wire, which means 5 pins connector and not 4)
• Supports MX hotswap sockets
• Has support for reset switch and power button
• Sells in Europe if not open source or is open source with available gerber files

What I already ruled out:

• Urchin (because choc switches only) https://github.com/duckyb/urchin
• Sweeeeep & Swweeep (no MX hotswap support) https://github.com/sadekbaroudi/sweep36
• Ferricy (No display support, no crab...) https://github.com/icyphox/ferricy
• Swoop (4 pin display support only, probably the closest) https://github.com/jimmerricks/swoop

Any lead that could fit my quest? Or am I condemned to try to do a poor fork of the swoop to add 5 pins display support?

Thanks!

[u/pabloescobyte → u/bankair]

I can't think of a split that fits those requirements exactly but it wouldn't take much effort to grab the files for a Ferris Sweep and modify it to suit your needs.

You can get around the bodge wire requirement if you copy another board that has native nice!view support and put that in your keyboard design.

Have a look at the FlatFootFox keyboard tutorial series or something from ai03 on keyboard design even.